New on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD: DESPERATE LIVING (1977) - Criterion Collection

Desperate Living 1977 New On Bluray And 4k Ultra Hd

Product Description: Following the unrepentant outrageousness of Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble, director John Waters brought his notorious trash trilogy to a fittingly twisted close with this antifascist fairy tale. After hysterical housewife Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) murders her husband with the help of her fed-up housekeeper (Jean Hill), the newfound “sisters in crime” escape to the bizarro shantytown of Mortville, a depraved penal colony presided over by a despotic queen (Edith Massey) whose tyranny pushes her subjects to shocking revolt. Deviant cops, death by dog food, DIY surgery—Waters unleashes all this and more in an at once relentlessly warped and oddly moral vision of queer rebellion.

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Director: John Waters

Starring: Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pearce, Liz Renay, Edith Massey, Susan Lowe, Jean Hill

Genre: Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy

Runtime: 91 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: June 23, 2026

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Blu-ray - Criterion Collection (Amazon)

4K Ultra HD - Criterion Collection (Amazon)

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Blu-ray

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Region: Region A/1

4K Ultra HD

Codec: HEVC / H.265
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Region: Region A/1

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Blu-ray: None
4K Ultra HD: None

Audio Formats:

Blu-ray: LPCM Mono
4K Ultra HD: LPCM Mono

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Blu-ray: English SDH

4K Ultra HD: English SDH

SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director John Waters, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Audio commentary featuring Waters and actor Liz Renay
Optional dubbed Italian track
New conversation between Waters and film programmer Cristina Cacioppo
Back to Mortville, a tour of the film’s main Baltimore location, led by Waters
New interview with actors Susan Lowe, Mary Vivian Pearce, and Mink Stole
Interview with production designer Vincent Peranio
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic Grace Byron